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From: Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com>
Subject: Re: I need UTF-8
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:51:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hd4shq32.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 871wvxklex.fsf@gmail.com

Fredrik Bulow <kaliumfredrik@gmail.com> writes:
> I currently use Emacs 21 which appears to lack support for the UTF-8
> text encoding system. Unfortunately UTF support is a feature I really
> need since my mother tongue is one of those weird non-English
> languages. How do I make emacs support UTF?


Just put this in your ~/.emacs:

(setq default-process-coding-system  (cons 'mule-utf-8 'mule-utf-8))

There are also some other *coding-system variables you can customize
independently, and have a look at modify-coding-system-alist.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/

In a World without Walls and Fences, 
who needs Windows and Gates?

  reply	other threads:[~2006-04-17  2:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-17  2:04 I need UTF-8 Fredrik Bulow
2006-04-17  2:51 ` Pascal Bourguignon [this message]
2006-04-17 10:55   ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]   ` <mailman.497.1145271319.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-04-17 13:33     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-17  4:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-17 13:57   ` Fredrik Bulow
2006-04-17 15:25     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-17 10:39 ` Peter Dyballa

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